BIODATA

Academic Qualifications/ Degrees:

PhD, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, 2013.
M.Phil., Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai, 2011.
M.A. in Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai, 2007.
B.A. in Sanskrit, Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, 2010.
B.Com., V.G. Vaze College, Mumbai, 2005.

Awards/ Honors/ Memberships/ Fellowships

Scholarships/ Prizes

UGC-NET Junior Research Fellowship (2009).

Awards

Gold medals for securing highest number of marks and standing first at MA (Sanskrit) examination and a certificate of merit for standing 3rd overall in MA level examination of University of Mumbai (2007).

Research Areas:

Paninian grammar, various aspects of syntax of Sanskrit language, modern Sanskrit writings, studies on the Bhagavadgita and the Yogasutra.

Past and Present Activities / Positions:

Working as Assistant Professor at the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System, IIT Kharagpur from 26.4.2022 till date.
Worked as Assistant Professor in Sanskrit Vyakarana at Shree Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval since 4.3.2014 till 25.4.2022.
Worked as a Teacher in Sanskrit Vyakarana at the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University), K. J. Somaiya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Mumbai, Maharashtra from 27.6.2013 to 3.3.2014.
Worked as a Teacher in Sanskrit Vyakarana at the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University), Shri Sadashiva Campus, Puri, Odisha from date 27.8.2012 to 24.5.2013.
Worked as a part time Assistant Professor in Sanskrit at the Sanskrit Department of Joshi and Bedekar Arts and Commerce College, Thane from 1.6.2012 to 24.8.2012.

Research Guidance

Successfully guided 4 students through Ph. D namely - Dr. Chintankumar Dave, Dr. Raghu Joshi, Dr. Udit Sharma and Parth Vyas.
Successfully guided 4 students through M.Phil namely - Kumari Jharna Oza, Kumari Subhadrika Panda, Kumari Payal Chawda and Kumari Archana Shatapathy.

PUBLICATIONS

Title	Author	Description
Prepared a Video Lesson for chapter 9 of Pravesha Course of Samskrita Bharati under the video content creation project jointly undertaken by Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad and Samskrita Bharati, Gujarat	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	E- content Development
Chopra et al., (2022), Universal Ideas from Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras on Mind & Mental Health: Philosophy and Practice, in Yoga Path.	Dr. Richa Chopra	Chapter in Book
Edited ‘Shashtraparichayika’, an introduction to 6 Shastras in Simple Standard Sanskrit published by Shree Somnath Sanskrit University in January 2021 [ISBN 978-93-83097-44-9]	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	Books
First Editor of ‘Saṃskṛtavaangamaye Nagararacana’ a collection of articles presented at a Seminar, published by Shree Somnath Sanskrit University in March 2020 [ISBN 978-93-83097-40-1]	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	Books
Second Editor of ‘Bhaashyaparamparaa Jnanapravaahashca’ a collection of articles presented at an International Conference, published by Shree Somnath Sanskrit University in March 2020 [ISBN 978-93-83097-43-2]	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	Books
‘Error Analysis in Modern Sanskrit Literature’ published by Shree Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval , Gujarat in February 2019 [ISBN 978-93-83097-34-0]	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	Books
Worked as a coordinator of a two-day National Seminar on ‘Town Planning in Sanskrit Literature’	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	Coordinatorship
Worked as a sub co-ordinator of ‘Paribhasharthavicaarah’, a National Conference on Sanskrit Grammar organized by Shree Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval in February 2017	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	Coordinatorship
Prepared E-text and Video-recorded 5 lectures on Sanskrit Vyakarana under Sanskrit ‘E- P.G.Pathshala’ an ambitious project of the UGC in January 2016	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	E- content Development
First author of ‘Phrase structure in Sanskrit with special reference to the first canto of 'Kiratarjuniya' published as a monograph by LAP-publishing company, Germany in December 2011 [ISBN: 978-3-8465-2034-5]	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	Books
Translated ‘The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success’ – an international best seller by Deepak Chopra, published by Samskrita Bharati at the World Samskrit Book Fair at Bangalore in January 2011[ISBN no- 978-81-87276-81-9]	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	Books
Co-authored and presented a paper titled ‘Mohamudgaradistotratrayasya Taulanika Abhyasah’ at the 20th International Congress of Vedanta in Dec. 2011 published in the proceedings of the conference titled ‘Modern Perspectives in Vedanta’	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	Presentations and Publications
Co-authored and presented a paper titled ‘Headedness and Modification in Nyaya morpho-syntactic analysis: Towards a bracket-parsing model’	Dr Dipesh Vinod Katira	Presentations and Publications

Dipesh Vinod Katira

Dipesh Vinod Katira Core Faculty & Assistant Professor